Erhu took the task to make up for his mistakes. How could he just take advantage of the benefits and shirk responsibility?

I briefly explained the reason and told the guard that the court would definitely have other instructions in the future, so there is no need to worry about responsibility.

Just as the two were discussing countermeasures, a group of Hu people broke into Fuyu City. About a hundred of them were young and strong laborers. After entering the city, the group of people went straight to the grain shop of the Du Family Chamber of Commerce, showed off their hidden weapons, and actually began to rob and rob grain.

This scene was unexpected by the people of the Du Family Chamber of Commerce, so the two sides fought. As a result, the chamber of commerce and the shopkeeper were injured and retreated, and sent someone to the general's house for help.

Because Fuyu City is located on the border of the former Tang Dynasty, it has always been a military-controlled border guard city. Now its status has soared and has become the first transit city for northern trade. Therefore, the imperial court attaches great importance to it. The guard forces have been sent to 10,000 more people, so patrolling soldiers or Wuhou can be seen in the city from time to time.

By the time the guard general and Erhu arrived after hearing the news, all the Hu people robbed the grain had been taken down.

The escorts of the chamber of commerce slightly injured eight people and seriously injured two people. The heads of the shopkeeper were broken. Fortunately, these Hu people had no good weapons, they were all sticks, or something, otherwise it would have been a massacre.

"Who are you? You are so brave. How dare you go to Fuyu City to kill and rob?" asked the guard.

The leader roared with a ferocious face: "If you want to kill, you can't survive anyway. You are all you cunning Tang merchants who are desperately raising the price of food. Instead of waiting to starve to death, it is better to do something happily."

Um??

The guard general and Erhu looked at each other, and the two of them showed a solemn look at each other. The situation was developing so fast that there were mobs. They dared to go straight to Fuyu City. It seemed that the situation was not optimistic.

"What a mob, you dare to make a fuss about killing and robbing people. Come and put me in jail..."

"Slowly! General, there may be a misunderstanding in this matter, so why not ask clearly before talking about it." Erhu stopped him.

"Shopkeeper Du, what do you mean? It is an indisputable fact that killing and robbing people. There are all kinds of injured people. What are the misunderstandings?" The guard was puzzled.

Erhu pondered: "If it is just the reason for their group of people, then murder and robbery are indeed guilty.

But if all the Hu people in the north think so, then there is a problem. Even if you punish this group of people, there will definitely be more and more people who are desperate in the future.

Therefore, it should be resolved to solve the problem. If there is a misunderstanding, it is enough to solve it. After all, the Chamber of Commerce has no grievances and no grudges with these people, and they will continue to cooperate in the future."

"Well... since that's the case, then you can ask." The guard delegated power to Erhu.

Erhu bowed to the people around him and said, "My fellow villagers, I didn't expect such a thing to happen. The Han and Hu brothers in Fuyu City have been together for countless years. Everyone has always been in harmony and no one wants to cause trouble.

So I dared to ask, is this brother saying that the family has no food and cannot survive? Is it his family alone or is it that everyone has difficulties in their families?"

Isn’t this asking knowingly? We were talking about the problem of chaos just now, but now you are... the general is confused.

The people shouted sympathetically: "Shangguan, please spare these young people. There are not many young people on the grassland.

If the family hadn't really been unable to get out of trouble, no one would have come out to grab things desperately.

Not only his family, we are basically short of food in our family, and we haven’t had a full meal for almost a month. We can save money like this and may not be able to survive the famine.”

What???

Is this really the case?

Erhu asked in surprise at the young man who was being held.

A trace of sadness flashed in the man's eyes, but he replied angrily: "Stop pretending here. If you hadn't been raising the food prices, how could we have fallen to this? It was all the troubles of you damn merchants!"

"Young man, why are you so extreme?

You only know that we raise the price of grain, but don’t ask why we raise the price of grain, and you conclude that we are harming people?

The Chamber of Commerce has been rooted in Fuyu City for several years and has been doing business with you. We have cooperated and mutually beneficial relationships. We have killed you. What are the benefits for us?” Erhu’s image at this time is like a cunning and unscrupulous businessman who is fooling people.

After all, the young and strong man was too young and had limited cognitive level. He couldn't answer and simply stubbornly argued: "Who knows what are the benefits of you?"

My grandfather said that the Tang people are enemies of us and always want to cheat us. You businessmen, who only make money, have you ever cared about the life or death of us?"

At this time, the guard general said dissatisfied: "Rareless!

When did the Tang Dynasty be mortal enemies with you and others? So, why did everyone attack Goguryeo before?

This shows that we have always been allies.

After the war, the leaders of the Hu people of the three tribes saw that the Tang Dynasty was strong. In order to make the Hu brothers become rich quickly, everyone asked to ask for the hard days in the past to join the Tang Dynasty.

Our Majesty is kind and righteous, and readily accepts it. So starting last winter, both Hu and Han people were all people of the Tang Dynasty. What do you and me do?

What is your intention to promote hatred like this? Do you want the Hu people and Han people to continue to fight for generations of revenge?"

As soon as the guard general said this, the people around him immediately pointed and criticized the young and strong. Everyone was a poor lower class. Everyone hated war. They died every year. The more they fought, the poorer they became, and life was not easy at all.

You, you... the young man was pale and could no longer speak.

"Okay, General, he is still an ignorant child. He doesn't know the difficulties of the world. We have to give him time to grow up." Erhu persuaded him. This move attracted cheers from the people around him, and everyone said that Manager Du is kind and righteous.

Erhu stepped forward and personally helped the young man up, and said earnestly as an elder taught his younger generation: "Young man, do you know why the price of food has increased?

Every winter, grain prices will rise. This may not be familiar to the Hu brothers on the grassland, but the Goguryeo people here must have been familiar with it.”

As he said that, he looked at some of the people in the crowd who were dressed in Goguryeo, and stood up enthusiastically and agreed: "Yes, it has been a practice for many years to increase prices in winter, and people who are doing business or buying grain know this.

Because when winter comes, heavy snow and ice roads are frozen, grain transportation is more difficult, and it may take three days to go on a day. The supply of grain is tight, so the price increase will naturally occur.”

Oh...it turns out that's the reason.

Many Hu people suddenly realized, and some even whispered: "I remember when the price of grain here first increased, my friend explained the reason, but no one believed it."

Erhu didn't expect that there were even enthusiastic people who helped to explain, and it would be much easier to do now.

Then the man said, Erhu said: "This uncle is right. Transportation difficulties are just one of the most important things. The consumption of grain transport is doubled. The original one-day consumption has become three days, and the cost of long-distance grain transport is unimaginable.

Our Chamber of Commerce has calculated that if we transport grain from Chang'an, the mainland, and people ate horses and chewed it all the way, 80% of the food will be consumed on the road."

What??80%? So much?

Erhu affirmed: "Yes, it sounds a bit horrible, but it's a matter, because it's not something that can be supplied here by the Liaodong region of the Tang Dynasty. They can only make the local people self-sufficient. The food sold here must be mobilized from the grain-producing place in the Central Plains.

What we paid was 100% of the food we bought, and only 20% of the food was left when transported. The price should increase by five times, but how much did we really increase the price? Everyone should be clear."

"It's impossible. The food price is less than three times the highest in winter. You can't lose money to do business, right?" the shrewd people questioned.

Erhu sighed and said, "Although it is not a loss, it is almost the same. It is only enough to keep the principal of purchases even. If we include the accident loss on our way to transport goods, it is really a loss."

Many people shouted, "Stop bragging, I have never seen any businessman in this world who doesn't make money and lose money? Who believes it? What do you eat if you lose money?"

Erhu raised his voice and said seriously: "Did you ever see a benevolent country like the Tang Dynasty in this world? When did there be a chamber of commerce like the Du Family Chamber of Commerce that travels all over the world and travels all over the world to desperate situations?

Our Chamber of Commerce exercised the right of half of the treasury in the Tang Dynasty. The first priority was not to make money, but to protect the people and protect the people of the Tang Dynasty. Originally, the Han people and the Hu people belonged to different countries, so we would not take out so much food to you. After all, many parts of our Central Plains were short of clothing and food.

You can ask the Goguryeo brothers present, they know best that they had to supply limited quantities if they wanted to buy food. After all, merchants cannot bear the charge of being a foe."

Many Goguryeo people bowed their heads one by one, as if the two countries had been in opposition before, and the sufferings they suffered in Fuyu City were an unbearable memory. This scene made everyone know that the shopkeeper of the Du family was all about the truth.

"But it's different now. We have never limited supply this year because you and I are both people of the Tang Dynasty. Whether they are Hu people or Goguryeo people, they will be their own people in the Tang Dynasty and brothers in the future. We cannot stand by death and we cannot ignore the lives and death of the people.

If you still don’t believe it, please wait a few days. We will report the situation here to the court, and the court will definitely give a response to help everyone.”

Really? Many people's eyes showed the light of hope, and their families were almost out of their way, and the big leaders were not there. Even if they were still there, according to the situation in previous years, it would be great that these noble men did not exploit everyone's breeding animals. They would not even expect to rely on their relief.

Many elderly people of Hu were infected by Erhu's words. Although they wanted to trust Erhu's words to be true, they struggled even more and could not believe it.

Because the Hu people in the grassland have a routine, when they encounter the winter of the disaster, they give up the elderly and keep young and middle-aged people and children.

Now the Tang people say that they will help the people who cannot survive...

Why not get early? If you get early, you won’t have to abandon so many close relatives before.

At this time, the guard of Fuyu City stood up: "Everyone, I am dereliction of duty. Today I know that everyone has encountered such a great difficulty. I will send 800 miles to send a letter to Chang'an for help. As long as I hold on for a while, the court will definitely have support."

Everyone applauded. Although they didn't know whether it was true or not, the general defending the city was very sincere at this time. No matter what the result was, it was still worth everyone's thank you.

"Come, take all these people to prison!" said the guards one after another.

"Wait a minute, General, it's all a misunderstanding, or just..." Erhu persuaded him again.

The general was not satisfied with the guard: "Shopkeeper Du, one code is the same as one code. It is true that children are ignorant, but no matter who they are, they are always sensible or ignorant, they must be responsible for their own behavior.

You sympathize with their suffering, but you look back and see, the food shop guys, who are slightly injured and seriously injured, what are they wrong? Why are the innocent beaten like this? Who will be responsible for this?

You have to sympathize with them too."

This... Erhu didn't expect that the guard would seize this matter and object.

But the onlookers were convinced by the guards. This is indeed the reason. They are also the victims when they are beaten up for no reason.

"General, we are fine. They are also hungry. It is natural for us to be injured for a few days." The injured guys stood up and said, they knew what the shopkeeper meant and took the initiative to request a settlement.

Erhu followed the trend and said, "General, it is said that the people will not procure officials. It doesn't matter if you take these young young people, but they are all pillars of the family. After being asked about the guilt, the young and old in the family will probably not be able to survive.

For their young reasons, let’s open the door.”

This...the guard is in a dilemma.

At this time, the young man in charge stood up and said seriously: "No, I recognize what I did, I will go to jail with you!

But I have to make it clear that these brothers came to grab the food after being incited by me. If I let them go back, I will bear all the charges by myself. You can take on me and behead me."

"Brother, no, you can't die. If you want to die, let's die together!"

"Yes, brother, you still have my mother to support you. My sister is still waiting to marry you..."

...

A group of young people shouted excitedly.

"Brothers, please help me take care of me." The young man said with a gloomy face.

At this time, the guard stood up and asked, "Boy, what's your name?"

"My name is Aman, Yelu Man!"

At this time, the general of Fuyu City admired the righteous young man a little, stepped forward and patted the other person on the shoulder and said, "Okay, Yelu Man, you are a man!

There are laws and regulations in the Tang Dynasty, and I have no right to forgive you for your sins.
Chapter completed!